Dispenser for collapsible tubes



Nov. 24, 1953 N. M. KOOB DISPENSER FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES 2 Sheets-$heet1 Filed Jan. 22, 1951 Fig. 2.

Nicholas M. Ko'ob INVENTOR.

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i a tented Nov. 24, 1953 UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE DISPENSER FORCOLLAPSIBLE TUBES Nicholas M. Koob, Chicago, Ill.

Application January 22, 1951, Serial No. 207,115

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a container for supporting a collapsible tubeof tooth paste, shaving cream, and similar viscous fluids.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a container of thecharacter described which is relatively simple in design andconstruction, attractive, very easy to suspend upon a supporting wall,and very easy to operate.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a container ofthe character described which can replace the usual tooth paste orshaving cream carton and can be sold with the collapsible tube andcontents thereof as an attractive and useful advertising item.

An important feature of the invention is the provision of a two-piececontainer having a back portion and a complementary door portion hingedthereto with a means carried by the door portion for capping thecollapsible tube and preventing further dispensing of the fluid contentsthereof .2

immediately upon the closing of the door portion on the back portion.

These, together with various ancillary objects and features of theinvention which will later become apparent as the following descriptionproceeds, are attained by the device, a preferred embodiment of whichhas been illustrated by way of example only in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the device;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the device illustrating the openposition thereof;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of sectionline 3-3 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 and illustrating the openposition of the device;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the plane of sectionline 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 and showing the open position ofthe device; and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary enlarged vertical sectional view of the bottomportion of the device.

Specific reference will now be made to the drawings. In the severalviews in the accompanying drawings and in the following specificationreference characters indicate corresponding elements throughout.

The device is generally indicated at I!) and includes an elongated backmember l2 having an arcuate wall i4. Hinged as at 16 to one edge of theback member for movement in a horizontal plane is a front member or doorl8 having an arcuate wall 20 of approximately the same degree ofcurvature as the rear arcuate wall l2. The

upper and lower ends of the front member or door have arcuate extensions22 to lend a more attractive appearance thereto and it will be notedthat the over-all length of the casing comprising the two hinged membersis somewhat larger than the collapsible tube 24 retained therein so thatthe casing or container can effectively replace the conventional cartonemployed for the boxing of such commercial items as tooth paste, shavingcream, and the like. The outer surface of the curved wall 18 of thefront or door member is provided with a panel portion 26 which mayreceive printed matter to identify the name of the product and themanufacturer, and it is contemplated that both hinged members will befabricated of suitably colored plastics.

At their top edges, the front and back members are provided withlaterally extending, preferably semi-circular ledges 2B which have inneredges 30 that abut each other when the front member 18 is held in aclosed position upon the rear member [2 as shown clearly in Figure 5. Atthe bottom end of the rear member a laterally extending base plate 32 isprovided which is tapered to form a tongue 34 that is received in agroove 36 provided in a laterally extending base member 38 provided atthe bottom end of the front member l8 above the extension 22. Thus whenthe front member is retained in a closed position on the back member,the edges of the ledges 28 abut each other and the tongue 34 is fullyengaged in the groove 36 as shown clearly in Figures 3 and 5. The frontmember is further provided with a suitable handle 40 which includes aninwardly extending spring latch 42 adapted to engage a suitable keeper44 carried by the back member l2 so that the front member l8 can beretained in a fairly secure but yieldable closed position on the rearmember I2. The rear member may be supported upon a supporting wall 46 byany suitable means but preferably by suction cups 48 secured as byrivets 5B in vertically spaced relation on the arcuate rear wall Id ofthe rear member l2.

The base member 32 of the rear member is provided with an upstandingboss or adapter 52 which is provided with an internally threadedaperture 54 opening through the top edge 56 thereof, the externallythreaded neck portion 58 of the tube 24 being engaged in the threadedaperture to vertically support the collapsible tube in the casing asshown clearly in the drawings. Secured in the boss or adapter, by anysuitable means, is a substantially L-shaped tube or conduit 60 thevertical leg 62 of which opens into the threaded aperture 54 in the bosswhile the horizontal leg 64 of which includes a portion 66 that extendsthrough the side Walls 68 of the boss and is open at its free end toprovide a fluid dispensing spout 10.

The base member 38 of the door or front member I8 is provided with aninwardly and laterally extending collar or cap I2, preferably fabricatedof rubber, which may also be secured to the inner surface of the curvedwall 18 and which is larger in diameter than the L-shaped dispensingtube or conduit 60 as shown particularly in Figure 7.

In use, the back member is properly positioned upon a supporting wall 46by the rubber suction cups 48 and the front member or door isthrown intothe open position. The metal or plastic cap normally threaded upon thethreaded neck portion 58 of the collapsible tube 24 is removed and theneck portion 58 is threaded in the threaded aperture 54 of the boss oradapter 52' to support the tube vertically in the casing. If thecollapsible tube contains tooth paste, as illustrated in the drawings, aconventional tooth brush 14 is held in proper position under the spout7B and the tube is squeezed or rolled as illustrated in Figure 6 todispense the fluid contents 'lfi'therefrom upon the toothbrush. After asufficient amount of the fluid contents has been dispensed, the frontmember or door I8 is closed upon the supported back member and when theinner It is to be understood, however, that even though there is hereinshown and described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A dispenser for a collapsible tube comprising a casing including a backmember having an open front and a horizontal base plate, said casingfurther including a front closure member for the back member hinged onsaid back member for opening movement, a boss rising from said baseplate and having a top threaded opening for attachment of the neckportion of a collapsible tube therein for securing said tube in verticalinverted position in said back member and above said base plate, anL-shaped dispensing tube fixed in said boss with a vertical leg alignedwith said openingand a horizontal leg extending forwardly above saidbase plate out of the open front of said back member, and means carriedby said closure member for closing the horizontal leg when said closuremember is closed, said base plate and boss extending out of said openfront to facilitate attachment of saidneck portion in said threadedopening. 7

NICHOLAS M. KOOB.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 1,777,906 Winsor Oct. 7, 1930 2,016,357 Andrews et al, Oct. 8,1935 2,174,357 Vacca Oct. 3, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date5,894 Great Britain Mar. 11, 1909

